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TIL Sparta was defeated in battle by an elite Theban unit called the Sacred Band. The unit was made up of 150 pairs of male lovers who would fight harder with their lover by their side.

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Z8yRR TIL that your “Miranda Rights” was named after Ernesto Miranda who wasn’t read his rights prior to confessing to a crime. Years later Ernesto was stabbed to death but when a suspect was arrested, unlike Miranda, he exercised his right to remain silent. With no evidence against him, he was released.
QNGxX TIL About 500,000 to 1,000,000 Mexicans and Mexican Americans were forcibly/"voluntarily" deported back to Mexico from the US from 1929 to 1939, after the US administration scapegoated Mexicans for the Great Depression. 40 to 60% of those were citizens of the United States, overwhelmingly children.
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